Bara to Kenjuu

A man with a rose and a revolver appears in a series of stories published in Monthly Manga Garo from 1981 to 1982. The narrative includes a night-time snake handler who steals eyes, a tale titled Aphrodite from 1991, and another from 1992 involving a strange man known as the Fly Man and a mysterious liquid. Additional stories feature a blind clock and the shadow of a skyscraper, published in a special edition of Bessatsu Gensou Bungaku. The main story is divided into seven parts, reflecting its original publication structure.